Student Leadership Program budget altered to fund programs, account for price inflation.
SSFC approves SLP budget alteration, discusses spring schedule changes
The Badger Herald
Category: Campus life
UW awards Distinguished Teaching Awards to twelve faculty
The Badger Herald
The awards are presented to all types of faculty members whose teaching deserves acknowledgement and reward, according to the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty.
UW-Madison’s Multicultural Student Center kicks off the spring semester with annual Comeback Carnival
Daily Cardinal
The Comeback Carnival is the first event of the semester for many student organizations, providing an opportunity to encourage involvement and promote upcoming events.
Chinese students at UW Madison bring Lunar New Year celebrations to campus
WKOW – Channel 27
Tainlin Yang is the President of the CSSA at UW Madison. He and fellow students have been working hard to organize this year’s Spring Festival Gala to ring in the New Year with Chinese music and dancing.
With the lure of free housing, hundreds of UW students apply to be resident assistants
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison’s dire off-campus student housing shortage has found a new way to cause headaches at UW-Madison: Housefellowships.
As Madison movie theaters close, smaller film series find the spotlight
The Capital Times
Since the UW Cinematheque film screening series reopened after shutting down during the pandemic, director Jim Healy has noticed something different about the audiences.
UW Law School opts out of annual U.S. News Survey
WMTV - Channel 15
According to its statement, UW Law School said the rankings do not align with the school’s “missions and goals” of accessibility and affordability.
UW’s Armando Ibarra named Distinguished Alumnus by California State University, Chico
Madison365
Dr. Armando Ibarra, a professor in the School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former director of Chican@ & Latin@ Studies, has been named a distinguished alumnus by his undergraduate alma mater, California State University, Chico.
University Club reopens with new dining service: the Union Commons
Daily Cardinal
After being closed for three years, the University Club is reopening and adding a new dining service called the Union Commons on its first floor.
Former NAACP president, Sierra Club executive director speaks at MLK Symposium
Daily Cardinal
The MLK Symposium, named after the civil rights leader who spoke in the very same hall in the 1960s, is held annually and features prominent Black individuals who have in some way advanced King Jr.’s fight. Past speakers include astronaut Mae Jemison and journalist Nikole Hannah-Brown.
La Follette School of Public Affairs proposes move to Music Hall
Daily Cardinal
Through an hour-long Microsoft teams session on Wednesday, Jan. 25, the hosts hoped to gain a greater understanding of the types of rooms, spaces and technology that would be beneficial to undergraduate and graduate students in the public affairs program.
A promising education | Racine native one of 800 attending UW-Madison via free tuition guarantee
The Journal Times
Jermika Jackson believes her son is destined for greatness. From a young age, D’Marion Jackson seemed wise beyond his years. He was a voracious reader who quickly finished handfuls of library books.
He is now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and that was made possible by the college’s in-state tuition guarantee. D’Marion is one of about 800 freshmen receiving Bucky’s Tuition Promise.
National Endowment of the Humanities grant funds Indigenous education effort
Daily Cardinal
The funding was awarded to a team of project directors — Professors Kasey Keeler, Ruth Goldstein, Joe Mason, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke and Jen Rose Smith — who received the funding through NEH’s Humanities Initiative Grants. According to the NEH, the funding is intended to “strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities in higher education through the development or enhancement of humanities programs, courses and resources.”
The Ins and Outs of the UW Zoological Museum
WORT FM
In an unassuming building off of West Johnson Street, sits the remains of around 750,000 animal specimens for scientific research in the UW Zoological Museum. One of five museum collections on the UW Madison campus, the collection provides hands-on research material for universities across the country.
Women’s march draws more than a thousand to Madison on 50
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Protesters participating Sunday’s demonstration first gathered on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison, marched on Madison’s most well-known thoroughfare of State Street, and concluded the event with a two-hour rally in the rotunda of the state Capitol.
Students celebrate Lunar New Year on campus
The Badger Herald
President of the Vietnamese Student Association Isabelle Phan said while specific traditions can differ from family to family, the holiday is meant to be a time to appreciate togetherness.
Celebrate Lunar New Year in Madison with food, lion dances
The Capital Times
Want to celebrate the fresh start and ring in a new year of prosperity? Check out these events across the Madison area (including campus).
University Club transforms to Union Commons on UW-Madison campus
The Capital Times
Now called Union Commons, the historic space at 803 State St. has been taken over by the Wisconsin Union, which also runs Memorial Union, the Terrace, Union South, and other campus markets and cafes.
This Wisconsin football game in 2022 had more than 28,000 no-shows
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin football team had more trouble with the wind than it did with Maryland in a 23-10 victory that started just after 11 a.m. that Saturday. The inclement weather — some parts of Dane County recorded nearly 2 inches of rain for the day — was a factor in that game setting the high-water mark for no-shows at a Badgers football home game in the 16 seasons since UW started using ticket scanners.
Why Pride Night is important for this Wisconsin women’s basketball coach
Wisconsin State Journal
With a top-35 attendance average last season and over 3,200 fans per game at the Kohl Center already this year, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program has one of the top platforms in the sport. Assistant coach Caroline Doty hopes it can be put to use Thursday evening when the Badgers host their first Pride Game when they take on No. 11 Maryland in a Big Ten Conference game.
113-year experiment at UW-Madison ends this year. It will be crushing
Wisconsin State Journal
For more than 100 years, engineers at UW-Madison have been conducting an experiment pitting ordinary concrete against the test of time. The project, initiated by faculty member Morton O. Withey, began in 1910 as a 10-year test of the strength of concrete in the form of 6-by-12-inch cylinders. Dozens more cylinders were added in 1923, with a third batch in 1937.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events and closings
Wisconsin State Journal
Benjamin Jealous, former NAACP president, investigative journalist and educator, will give the keynote speech at UW-Madison’s MLK Symposium event at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Shannon Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
The ‘S’ in STEM: Sexism in STEM classes places barriers for underrepresented students
The Badger Herald
Underrepresented groups in STEM majors at UW face challenges in classes populated by mostly white, male students.
Madison will get prime-time spotlight on PBS travel show ‘Samantha Brown’s Places to Love’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: In the episode, first airing Jan. 20, Brown tastes “sophisticated Wisconsin cheeses,” is a judge in a mustard-tasting contest and learns about the University of Wisconsin, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society meeting house, her first supper club (Tornado Club Steak House) and the joys of curling and its Madison roots — the latter with help from Olympian Becca Hamilton, according to publicity material on the episode.
Tribal leaders in Wisconsin warn of ‘pretendians’ after Madison arts leader accused of pretending to be Native American resigns UW residency
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Representing themselves as a member of the Indigenous community benefited LeClaire in many ways. In March, they began a 10-month paid residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where they helped students and staff “understand the stakes of cultural appropriation for Indigenous communities.”
Career-Readiness Initiatives Are Missing the Mark
Inside Higher Ed
Written by Matthew T. Hora, an associate professor of adult and higher education and co-director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison names Oneida Nation member as new tribal relations director
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison has hired a new tribal relations director to continue the “high priority” work of strengthening ties with Wisconsin’s Indigenous nations, the university announced. Carla Vigue will join UW-Madison later this month to succeed Aaron Bird Bear, the inaugural tribal relations director.
University Club at UW-Madison reopening to public with new cafe after pandemic shutdown
Wisconsin State Journal
The new cafe in the historic campus dining venue, 803 State St., will be run by the Wisconsin Union, the nonprofit organization that manages Memorial Union, Union South, the Memorial Union Terrace, and markets and cafes throughout campus, Union spokeswoman Shauna Breneman said in a news release.
Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous to keynote annual MLK Symposium
Madison365
Benjamin Jealous, a former investigative journalist and NAACP president, will be the keynote speaker at the UW–Madison’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium at the Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall on Monday, Jan. 23.
Madison a ‘hidden jewel’ to be featured in PBS travel show
Wisconsin State Journal
Brown is the host of the PBS travel series “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love,” which is launching its sixth season later this month. One of this year’s 10 new episodes brings her to Madison, where she spends close to an hour on air exploring the UW-Madison campus, a supper club, a curling competition and more.
Out-of-state enrollments surge at UW System schools while resident enrollments fall
Wisconsin Public Radio
As most University of Wisconsin System campuses grapple with consistent enrollment declines, some have increasingly relied on out-of-state students to fill the gap. That’s brought in more tuition revenue along with some concerns about limited access for state residents.
Ethical College Admissions: ‘I Am Not a Robot’
Inside Higher Ed
Noted: I was interviewed for a Forbes article with the title “A Computer Can Now Write Your College Essay—Maybe Better Than You Can.” Forbes fed ChatGPT two college essay prompts, one the 650-word Common Application prompt—“Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story”—and the other the “Why Wisconsin?” essay from the University of Wisconsin at Madison supplement. According to the article, each essay took ChatGPT less than 10 minutes to complete. That is both far less time than we hope students would spend composing essays and far more time than most admissions officers spend reading essays.
Creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive learning and working environment at UW-Madison
Wisconsin Public Radio
We talk with LaVar J Charleston, the University’s Chief Diversity Officer, about his job and efforts to promote equity and social justice. We also look at scholarship and service programs designed to increase diversity and foster equity.
‘Dream coming to life’: Miss America from Wisconsin talks win on stage, advocacy for nuclear power
Wisconsin Public Radio
The newly crowned Miss America, Grace Stanke, said she wants to spend her term promoting nuclear power as a cleaner way to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
“It doesn’t use a lot of land,” said Stanke, a Wausau native and University of Wisconsin-Madison senior studying nuclear engineering. “As our population continues to grow, we can continue to use that land for farming and agricultural purposes, and we can use that clean, zero-carbon energy coming from nuclear energy to power our cities.”
“We’re all living Hip Hop.” Dr. Langston Wilkins explores Hip Hop as assistant professor of folklore and African American studies at UW
Madison365
As a professor teaching in areas of both Folklore and African American Studies, Wilkins’ field and work align with his interest in Hip Hop music. A passion that started as a young boy growing up in Houston, Texas.
New AI technology writes essays for you — and UW-Madison students are using it
Channel 27
One UW-Madison student who wished to remain anonymous said he’s used it a few times on homework.”Everything that the chat would spit out would be like thoughts that I had on my own,” he said. “And then it was really like well written.”
12 people to watch in 2023 in Madison
The Capital Times
List includes Paul Tran, assistant professor of Asian American studies and English at UW-Madison.
Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team is ready for a critical phase of its season, beginning with a series against one of nation’s best squads
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mark Johnson calls this the best time of the year.
It’s winter break on the University of Wisconsin campus, a time that most of the student body heads home and recharges for the second semester. The break is a favorite of the Wisconsin’s women’s hockey coach because it is the one time all season that his players can lock in and devote all of their energy to the game.
Reporter’s notebook: The key county for Wisconsin Democrats
NBC News
Noted: For young voters in Dane County, it was a message that worked. Abortion access was regularly listed to NBC News a top issue motivating voters.
University of Wisconsin student Valerie Howell, who said she supported Democratic candidates, told NBC News that she likely would have turned out to vote in any case, “but I wouldn’t have been as passionate about it.”
10 UW-Madison profs share their favorite books of 2022
The Capital Times
With the fall semester drawn to a close and a new year on the horizon, University of Wisconsin-Madison professors in departments ranging from math to English are reflecting on their favorite reads of the year.
Director of Tribal Relations Aaron Bird Bear leaves UW-Madison a changed campus
Wisconsin State Journal
From the moment UW-Madison Director of Tribal Relations Aaron Bird Bear arrived on campus in 2000, he had a mission.
Lake Mendota declared to be frozen over after storm system brings strong winds, bitter cold
Wisconsin State Journal
To be considered frozen over, lakes Wingra and Monona must have at least half ice cover. Mendota, the largest of Madison’s lakes, is subject to another rule developed by limnologists Edward Birge and Chancey Juday in the early 1900s: If you can’t row a boat between Picnic Point on UW-Madison’s northeast side to Maple Bluff, the lake is frozen.
UW-Madison students stuck on campus due to blizzard
Channel 3000
For University of Wisconsin-Madison students with on-campus jobs and late final exams, storm conditions on Thursday are leaving them stuck on the university’s campus.
Winter storm: Gov. Tony Evers signs emergency order as utilities, others pledge to keep people safe
Wisconsin State Journal
Some universities, including UW-Madison, are wrapping up finals week. While some exams were held online, students who had to be on campus for finals faced either heading home in bad weather or staying put and possibly missing the holidays with their families.
About 70 UW-Madison students living in residence halls have asked to stay past the scheduled closing time of noon Friday, University Housing Marketing Director Brendon Dybdahl said, although he said he expects that number to increase by Friday morning.
University Housing plans to let students stay as late as Wednesday with all fees waived. Typically, students are allowed to stay past the closing date until Dec. 26 but are required to pay $35 a night; students who choose to stay for the entire winter break are charged $500.
“The timing of this storm is challenging for a lot of students and families,” Dybdahl said. “Most students were able to leave campus before the storm arrived, but due to reports of travel delays, we want to make sure our residents have a safe space if they need to make a change in plans.”
Wisconsin men’s basketball cancels game against Grambling State
Wisconsin State Journal
It will be an extended holiday break for Wisconsin men’s basketball.
Winter has arrived for Wisconsin with ‘once in a generation’ storm
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison announced Tuesday it would remain open for final exams through Friday, when wind chills are expected to dip to minus 30 degrees. University Housing said it will accommodate dorm residents who are unable to leave due to weather by the time residence halls are due to close at noon Friday.
Despite the storm, it’s business as usual at UW
NBC 15
The university plans to stay open for business on Friday as well. Employees who do not feel they can safely make it to work are directed to notify their supervisors and take paid time off.
Madison prepares for holiday blizzard, officials advise staying off the roads
The Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin–Madison issued a statement Tuesday that “based on currently available information, the university will be open for normal operations for the conclusion of final exams Thursday, as well as for business on Friday.”
Last minute final exam changes, blizzard force UW students to hustle home for holidays
Channel 3000
In a statement to News 3 Now Tuesday, campus officials said “it’s not possible for UW to reschedule or change the Thursday exam period to accommodate travel issues on Friday or beyond,” but students should contact professors directly with concerns.
Incoming snowstorm forces time change for Wisconsin women’s basketball
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers (4-9) and Beacons (2-6) originally were scheduled to start at 4 p.m., but the two teams shifted the start time to try to avoid the forecasted snowstorm beginning Wednesday evening.
Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black Leaders, Part 2
Madison365
Marcus Sedberry is deputy athletic director at the University of Wisconsin, where he oversees internal operations for the athletic department.
Dr. Brian Burt is director of the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory at UW– Madison.
Gen Z on new college and career plans in post-Roe America
CNBC
She fell in love with the University of Wisconsin-Madison during her first visit to campus, and started school there in 2019 as a political science major.
Antisemitism Is Rising at Colleges, and Jewish Students Are Facing Growing Hostility
WSJ
At the beginning of this school year, graffiti on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison listed five Jewish organizations and said that they all “have blood on their hands.”
When Hanukkah and finals collide, UW Hillel offers Jewish students a refuge for the holidays
Wisconsin State Journal
Of all the Hanukkah events the University of Wisconsin Hillel center hosts for UW-Madison students, the nightly lighting of the candles is what Rabbi Andrea Steinberger looks forward to the most.
Graduating UW-Madison students on the hunt for jobs
Spectrum News
Genac is no stranger to adversity. During his sophomore year, he was hospitalized and found out he had an enlarged heart.
UW-Madison student overcomes incredible odds to graduate
Channel 27
“Find your light,” Berens said. “Find what lights you up or lights your soul up and then let that sort of guide your path.”This message hit close to home for Anthony Genac, who graduated from the School of Human Ecology in just three and a half years after undergoing a heart transplant.
UW-Madison graduates celebrate at 2022 winter commencement ceremony
Channel 15
“This is the first adversity I have ever hit in my life,” Genac said. “I left the hospital with a scar on my chest but a deeper appreciation of universal healthcare.”
UW-Madison students spark conversation about written agreements for university marketing campaigns
Channel 3000
The university said the campaign ended in 2020 and the poster should have been removed. The university said it’s likely it remained up longer than it should have because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Q&A: Comedian Charlie Berens previews UW commencement address
Channel 3000
News 3 Now’s Brady Mallory and Charlotte Deleste caught up with Berens this week to preview his commencement address.
Charlie Berens speaks at UW Winter Commencement
Channel 3000
“Yeah, so I’m hoping to go in hot off the punch lines, you know, slip in a little wisdom, close with a nice solid punch line and call it a day,” Berens explained. “Hoping to get these people home in time for a noon Bloody Mary, spicy.”